UPCOMING EVENTS |
Community Read and Discussion #2: Freedom Farmers
POSTPONED PENDING RESCHEDULING OF MONICA WHITE'S VISIT
Southside Community Center
305 S Plain St, Ithaca, New York 14850
Free! All are Welcome!
You're invited to join the Community Book Read of Freedom Farmers. In this Read we'll explore agricultural resistance and the Black Freedom Movement through author Monica White's research on Fanny Lou Hamer's Freedom Farms Cooperative.
This is the second of two Community Reads in preparation for Monica White's visit in April 17th, 2020. We'll distribute FREEDOM FARMERS books (click here for more info) and discuss what we've read so far and share a meal!
Bring a dish to pass and your own eating ware.
We still have a few copies to share, get in touch!
**Southside Community Center will be hosting and cooking up a storm again**
POSTPONED PENDING RESCHEDULING OF MONICA WHITE'S VISIT
Southside Community Center
305 S Plain St, Ithaca, New York 14850
Free! All are Welcome!
You're invited to join the Community Book Read of Freedom Farmers. In this Read we'll explore agricultural resistance and the Black Freedom Movement through author Monica White's research on Fanny Lou Hamer's Freedom Farms Cooperative.
This is the second of two Community Reads in preparation for Monica White's visit in April 17th, 2020. We'll distribute FREEDOM FARMERS books (click here for more info) and discuss what we've read so far and share a meal!
Bring a dish to pass and your own eating ware.
We still have a few copies to share, get in touch!
**Southside Community Center will be hosting and cooking up a storm again**
A Pig and A Garden: Fannie Lou Hamer, Agricultural Cooperatives and the Black Freedom Movement
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS.
Cornell University, Plant Science Building 233
Learn about the historical narrative of the Black freedom struggle to embrace the work, roles and contributions of southern Black farmers and the organizations, and cooperatives, they formed. Whereas existing scholarship generally views agriculture as a site of oppression and exploitation of Black people, Freedom Farmers reveals agriculture as a site of resistance and provides a historical foundation that adds meaning and context to current conversations around the resurgence of food justice & sovereignty movements in urban spaces like Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, New York City and New Orleans.
After the seminar, join us for a community dinner and public talk (details below!)
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS.
Cornell University, Plant Science Building 233
Learn about the historical narrative of the Black freedom struggle to embrace the work, roles and contributions of southern Black farmers and the organizations, and cooperatives, they formed. Whereas existing scholarship generally views agriculture as a site of oppression and exploitation of Black people, Freedom Farmers reveals agriculture as a site of resistance and provides a historical foundation that adds meaning and context to current conversations around the resurgence of food justice & sovereignty movements in urban spaces like Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, New York City and New Orleans.
After the seminar, join us for a community dinner and public talk (details below!)
Freedom Farmers and the Black Freedom Movement
A Dinner and Community Conversation with author Dr. Monica White
Friday, April 17th, 2020
6 PM
Greater Ithaca Activities Center (Gymnasium)
301 W Court St, Ithaca, New York 14850
FREE! : RSVP REQUIRED
Please fill out this form to join us!
Join us in welcoming Monica White, author of "Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement"!
After her day of talks at Cornell, we've invited her downtown for a Community Conversation and dinner at GIAC.
We'd love to have you!
RSVP required. Please use the RSVP link here to register.
Co Sponsored by:
SIPS
Horticulture
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Engaged Cornell/Office of Engagement Initiatives
Center for Transformative Action
American Studies
Africana Studies
Society for the Humanities
Cornell Garden-Based Learning
Cornell Small Farm Program
Department of City and Regional Planning
Cornell Farmworker Program
Polson Institute
Food, Agroecology, Justice and Well-Being Group
Community Food Systems Minor
Public Service Center
Anabel’s Grocery
Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
Center for Transformative Action
The Dorothy Cotton Institute
The FLX Land Access Reparations & Reconciliation Working Group
Traditional Center for Indigenous Knowledge & Healing
Rocky Acres Community Farm
Ithaca Youth Farm Project
The Learning Farm
Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming
A Dinner and Community Conversation with author Dr. Monica White
Friday, April 17th, 2020
6 PM
Greater Ithaca Activities Center (Gymnasium)
301 W Court St, Ithaca, New York 14850
FREE! : RSVP REQUIRED
Please fill out this form to join us!
Join us in welcoming Monica White, author of "Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement"!
After her day of talks at Cornell, we've invited her downtown for a Community Conversation and dinner at GIAC.
We'd love to have you!
RSVP required. Please use the RSVP link here to register.
Co Sponsored by:
SIPS
Horticulture
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Engaged Cornell/Office of Engagement Initiatives
Center for Transformative Action
American Studies
Africana Studies
Society for the Humanities
Cornell Garden-Based Learning
Cornell Small Farm Program
Department of City and Regional Planning
Cornell Farmworker Program
Polson Institute
Food, Agroecology, Justice and Well-Being Group
Community Food Systems Minor
Public Service Center
Anabel’s Grocery
Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
Center for Transformative Action
The Dorothy Cotton Institute
The FLX Land Access Reparations & Reconciliation Working Group
Traditional Center for Indigenous Knowledge & Healing
Rocky Acres Community Farm
Ithaca Youth Farm Project
The Learning Farm
Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming
RECURRING EVENTS
Working Group Meetings
Every other Tuesday for Winter 2020 @ 4pm.
Locations rotate, please email for more info and to attend: flxlandreconciliation@gmail.com
Meetings are open to the public, but email us first, in case the location or schedule changes.
Every other Tuesday for Winter 2020 @ 4pm.
Locations rotate, please email for more info and to attend: flxlandreconciliation@gmail.com
Meetings are open to the public, but email us first, in case the location or schedule changes.
Community Read Kick Off: Freedom Farmers
Tuesday, February 4th, 2020
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Southside Community Center
305 S Plain St, Ithaca, New York 14850
Our entire community is invited to explore agricultural resistance and the Black Freedom Movement through author Monica White's research on Fanny Lou Hamer's Freedom Farms Cooperative.
This event will kick off a Community Read in preparation for Monica White's visit in April 17th, 2020. We'll distribute books, discuss what we've read so far and share a meal!
Bring a dish to pass and your own eating ware.
We have over 30 copies to share, get in touch!
Tuesday, February 4th, 2020
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Southside Community Center
305 S Plain St, Ithaca, New York 14850
Our entire community is invited to explore agricultural resistance and the Black Freedom Movement through author Monica White's research on Fanny Lou Hamer's Freedom Farms Cooperative.
This event will kick off a Community Read in preparation for Monica White's visit in April 17th, 2020. We'll distribute books, discuss what we've read so far and share a meal!
Bring a dish to pass and your own eating ware.
We have over 30 copies to share, get in touch!
PAST EVENTS
Northeast Farmers of Color
5 Solutions for Land-based Wealth Redistribution
Evening Presentation
Tuesday, October 1st
7-9pm
The Space @ Greenstar
700 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY
$10 Suggested Donation
Northeast Farmers of Color (NEFOC) co-coordinator Stephanie Morningstar is coming to lead an evening presentation on 5 Solutions for Land-based Wealth Redistribution. This will be an evening presentation and talk on different solutions around resource leverage, as a way to keep this work moving in a forward direction. The Northeast Farmers of Color is an alliance of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Asian farmers making our lives on unceded land in New England.
This is a continuation of conversations started in the community around land access, reconciliation and reparations.
*Childcare will be provided.
5 Solutions for Land-based Wealth Redistribution
Evening Presentation
Tuesday, October 1st
7-9pm
The Space @ Greenstar
700 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY
$10 Suggested Donation
Northeast Farmers of Color (NEFOC) co-coordinator Stephanie Morningstar is coming to lead an evening presentation on 5 Solutions for Land-based Wealth Redistribution. This will be an evening presentation and talk on different solutions around resource leverage, as a way to keep this work moving in a forward direction. The Northeast Farmers of Color is an alliance of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Asian farmers making our lives on unceded land in New England.
This is a continuation of conversations started in the community around land access, reconciliation and reparations.
*Childcare will be provided.
